I only discovered this recently, and it’s very handy.

Piping scripts directly to bash is a security risk. You can always download the scripts, inspect them and run locally if you so choose.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Why would any sensible competent tech user copy paste from other places because this one worked.

    Because sites like this and people like you are normalizing the practice. I have seen numerous curl | sh commands pasted on lemmy telling people “how easy it is to install blank”.